V is for Vernix ⠀⠀
Who knows what vernix caseosa is or you may have heard of it simply referred to as vernix? 🙋🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ See the...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Jan 2, 2020
- 2 min
U is for Uterus
I guess I’m just the type of person who needs to understand the detail before I really get it. Who’s with me? When I did hypnobirthing...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
T is for Trust
Trust your body. ⠀⠀ Trust the process. ⠀⠀ Trust your instinct. ⠀⠀ Trust in your ability to work with your body through each sensation. ⠀⠀...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
S is for Self-doubt ⠀
Ladies, this does and will happen to you. This is the moment in labour when a woman enters the second stage, her cervix becomes fully...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
R is for Relaxation
What do you think of when you hear the word hypnosis? For most people, it is seen as a very odd thing that might make you say or do...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 18, 2019
- 1 min
Q is for Question ⠀
Hypnobirthing is an antenatal education and a set of tools and techniques that women and their birth partners can use during pregnancy...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 18, 2019
- 1 min
P is for Pelvic Floor
First up - what exactly is a women’s health physio and how can they help you? * Clare says: “Women’s health physios (or pelvic health...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 18, 2019
- 1 min
O is for Oxytocin.
Oxytocin is the hormone of love. It is such a fundamental hormone in birth. Without it you will not be able to birth your baby. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 14, 2019
- 1 min
N is for Neocortex
A woman in labour is much more alert than any other time. Over time humans have developed a new part of the brain called the neocortex....
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 14, 2019
- 2 min
M is for Managed third stage
It is very important to keep the mood in the room the same even after your baby is born. It’s not over until your placenta is born, this...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 14, 2019
- 1 min
L is for Low lying placenta
When you go for your 20 week scan one of the things that will be noted down is the position of the placenta. ⠀⠀ The entrance to the womb...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 14, 2019
- 1 min
K is for Kneeling
Upright, forward, open (legs) and hypnobirthing allows the process of birth in the most efficient and helpful way for mother and baby. ⠀⠀...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 14, 2019
- 1 min
J for Just let go
Just let go and let your body do exactly what it was designed to do. Go back to your instinct and move on from wanting to ‘control’ the...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 10, 2019
- 1 min
I is for Induction
Sometimes something happens early on that puts parents on a path where later they don’t feel like that had any choice. What happened...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 10, 2019
- 1 min
H is for Homebirth
For anyone considering a home birth, “Why Homebirth Matters” by Natalie Meddings is a great read. I wanted to share the following...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 8, 2019
- 1 min
G is for Guilt⠀
I know it can be hard to get up every day and have these little people rely on you. I know it’s hard to sometimes feel like sometimes...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 8, 2019
- 1 min
F is for Fear
Most women who are pregnant look forward to giving birth, but for some there is a tinge of fear. Partly due to historical reasons, and...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 8, 2019
- 1 min
E is for Epidural⠀
If I choose to have an epidural, does that mean everything I learned in my hypnobirthing course goes out the window. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 8, 2019
- 1 min
D is for Dilation⠀
How far you are dilated is only a snapshot of that moment in time. It is by no means an indication of how long before you will meet your...
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Hypnobirthing & Me
- Dec 4, 2019
- 2 min
C is for Caesarean
👼🏼 We are very lucky to live in a world where caesarean is available. There is clear evidence that it saves lives or reduces risks for...
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